Unit 1 Key Ideas
This ideal of democracy is the foundation of the Declaration of Independence in that it says that a government's job is to protect natural rights, and if they don't, individuals can rebel.
This common name fo the power of Congress oftentimes leads to disagreement with the President over spending priorities.
What is the power of the purse?
This Supreme Court case established the important concept of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison
The Bill of Rights was originally designed to limit the Federal government, not the states. This amendment ensured that state laws would also be held to that standard.
What is the 14th?
This American Core value centers around the idea that people should be responsible for themselves and for the decisions they make.
What is individualism?
What is elite democracy?
The informal power of the president is similar to treaties, but they do not require Senate approval.
What are executive agreements?
This Federalist paper was written to justify the need for a single, strong executive that has the ability to act quickly and, at times, in secrecy.
What is Federalist 70?
This clause of the 1st amendment is at the center of Engel v. Vitale.
What is the establishment clause?
This process is how one develops and obtains their ideology.
What is political socialization?
This Federalist paper was written to explain the need of a large republic to curb the ambitions of factions.
What is Federalist 10?
This political process is unique to the Senate and makes debating a bill much more difficult unless a 60 vote threshold is reached.
This judicial philosophy is used by judges/justices who believe their role is that of an interpreter of precedence and the Constitution, and give deference to the other branches of government in terms of policymaking.
What is judicial restraint?
This Constitutional doctrine has been used by the Supreme Court in cases such as McDonald v. Chicago and Gideon v. Wainwright to ensure that state laws follow the Bill of Rights.
What is selective incorporation?
What is liberal?
This type of grant would be favored by modern day liberals as they want the federal government to have more control over the states.
What are categorical grants?
This type of legislation is associated with the budget as congresspeople will try to "earmark" specific parts of the budget bill to benefit their home district or state.
What is pork-barrel legislation?
This Supreme Court case ensures that Congressional districts have roughly equal representation during districting.
What is Baker v. Carr?
This Supreme Court case established the "clear and present danger test" for the 1st amendment's freedom of speech.
Random and representative sampling, proper wording, and the ability to generalize the results are all conditions of this measure of public opinion.
What is scientific polling?
These two constitutional clauses were at the foundation of McCulloch v. Maryland.
What are the necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause.
This political process is performed by state legislatures during the redistricting process and can oftentimes lead to the creation of "safe seats".
What is gerrymandering?
This power of the bureaucracy grants them the ability to decide how or whether or not to take certain courses of action when implementing existing laws.
What is discretionary authority?
This legislation helped remove barriers to voting, leading to an increase in political participation for African Americans.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This economic philosophy believes the government can promote economic growth through increased government spending.
What is Keynesian?